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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1928

Page

4

Plans First Flower Show By Evening Garden Club

The Evening Garden Club of Wilmette schedules its flower show during the club's next meeting on Tuesday evening August 7 at the Wilmette Woman's club. Jeanette Prentiss of Fort Worth is visiting Mr and Mrs James Prentiss of Kenilworth. George D Kane and wife plan a weekend departure from 1012 Ashland Ave to Peter Pan Island in Georgian Bay. Howard School driveway paving will occur alongside the Seventh Street paving project.

Evening Garden Club of Wilmette Jeanette Prentiss Fort Worth, Texas James Prentiss Kenilworth George D. Kane Ashland Avenue Peter Pan Island Georgian Bay Howard School Seventeenth Street

Cook County Jail Building for Courts to Open by Nov. 1

Cook county plans to complete and turn over the jail, courts, and administration building for occupancy by November 1. Architect Eric E. Hall notes 365 working days have been used, with the $7,500,000 project on West Twenty-Sixth Street and California Avenue. The project faced repeated bond defeats before A. J. Cermak revived it and Great Lakes Construction secured the contract.

Cook County Criminal Courts Eric E. Hall A. J. Cermak Cook County Board Hall Peter Reinberg West Twenty-Sixth Street California Avenue Cook County Beard Citizens’ Committee County Board United States County Board of Commissioners Great Lakes Construction Company

Illinois to Issue Green and White 1929 License Plates

Secretary Louis L. Emmerson announced 1929 Illinois license plates will feature a dark green background with white numerals and border. The contract for plates was awarded to W. F. Robertson Steel and Iron Company of Springfield, Ohio at a price well below last year’s cost of 0.864 dollars per pair.

Illinois Louis L. Emmerson Emmerson W. F. Robertson Steel and Iron Company Springfield Ohio

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